The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-06-24

number was ?. l reported for duty last
Saturday. the 18th, a little after
O'Clock that evening, and went my rounds
in the city and suburbs. Got back to Po-
lice Station a little after II O'Clock. 1t
1 is our custom to go the rounds and then
/ report When got back [ saw the Deputy
Marshal at the Station House I came
/ back with John Robinson. The Deputy
/ Marshal told Us to go up to Maunakiekie,
! as there was disturbance. We went to-
/ gether along King street up Richard rs
/ far as corner of Hotel street. Just outside
/ of Coney's gate, Dowsett, Widemann and
! Whitney and others came out of the gate.
/ These white men were shouting and max
/ ing a great deal of noise. told them to
/ stop. Dowsett said 1 had no business TO
: say that. I told him it was our duty.
/ Dowsett replied g. your duty I was
/ standing in the middle of the street. Dow
/ sett after making the remark caught hold
/ of my bride, evidently saw my badge, and
said Here is the mounted police that
arrested the Attorney General" 1 told
/ Dowsett to let go of my horse, and he said,
no. He turned to hiss friends and told
them to pull me in the yard and lick me.
While Dowsett was holding on to my
bride he turned round, and seeing officer
Robinson. said that is the man who ar
rested the Attorney General; take him in
the ward and lick him also" DoWsett be-
gan to pull my horse. along TO the gate.
which was open. l then jumped off my
horse and went to Dowsett and told him
to leave nv horse alone He turned and
When he struck me I told him should
arrest him and take him to the Station
House. [ arrested him because he had as
sauted me- When 1 took hold of Dowsett
Widemann struck me on the side of the
face. The mark is still on my face.
Widemann did not say anything before he
Struck me. 1t was Immediately aftei
Widemann struck me that I heard a po-
liceman's whistle blow. [ think it was
Robnson's. 1 held on to Dowsett and
tried to get him TO the Station House,
when Whitney came along and taking
hold OF my arm told me to let 90. told
Whitney not to interfere with me, but be
kept on. Creighton then came along and
said, Take off his badge and throw it
away" He took my badge off. 1 am posi-
tive Creighton is the man who took my
badge off; believe he has it now Then
Widemann, DoWsett and others COM
menced TO pull me along into the ward
hello on to Dowsett, thinking assistance
would come, as l heard the whistle blow
ing. l held on to Dowsett and the crowd
pulled Us both into the yard, and we fell.
The people there kicked me, and said kill
HIM have cut on my head and also
one on my shoulder. l tried TO get ont of
the gate. a, d someone shut it. | know
the man by sight who shut it; ne is not
here. After got outside Mr.. Muller came
along and said you cannot get hold of that
man. l understood him to mean Dowsett. 1
He did not use any names. l said to Null
Ter, if Jack Dowsett was out on the road I
could take him. When I told Muller that
DOwsett came out of the yard and said,
- You can't do it" L then took hold of
Dowsett by his coat, and as soon as did
that Muller came up behind me and
pulled at my coat. Dowsett pulled me
one way and Muller the other, and they
got away. [ gave Muller into charge of |
another officer kaua, No II. had no |
former acquaintance with Muller I did
not know he was Consul. He did not |
tell me he was Consul All | know about |
Muller that night was his assisting in
urging the others to get me In the gate.
and also saying that I could not arrest |
DOwsett After got Muller properly es-
corted TO the Station House | gave Creigb-
ton into the charge OF officer Sam.
then went to find Whitney, and when he
j
must have been afraid or he would not
have run. He was hiding behind the
hack. l took hold of him, and he said
8 Let me go, you and 1 are the ONLY ones
here" l said you interferred so much |
after l told you to keep away that I must
arrest you. That ended the affair. There
we're good many gentlemen there and
several ran away. / consider Robinson
md myself were being handled pretty
'oughly. If it had not been for other no.
icemen coming we should have got hurt
BADLY. | have no luminosity against the
hree defendants. Have never had occa-
ion TO arrest them before. 1t seemed to
ne they had all been drinking more or
ess that night.
Cross-examined by Mr. Hatch-I have
een in the mounted force three or four
months. Before that I had been on
ocular beat in town. When l was going
p Richard street my horse was canterine.
We stopped our horses makai of the gate.
'hese people were crossing the street. We
topped our horses so as to tell them not
make any noise. I heard them shout
lg and hollering. 1 did not hear anv
nging. They were shouting and taking
leir hats of. I do not think they were
leering. first heard the shouting while
assing the Palace gate on Richard street.
Leard none before that. Robinson was
ding little ahead of me.
The Court here took recess until 1 80
clock.
Cross-e1amination contlnued-Going up I
ichard street Robinson was five or six 8
thoms ahead of me. 1 was the rst one y
speak. Robinson went the mauka side
the gate. I stopped my horse, brought $
m to a 5tandstill. If l had not stopped Q
obinson would have gone on. He NAV :
i've thought the noise came from some +
here else. I did not turn my horses >
ad on 70 the crowd 1 do not know how s